How to hide soft input keyboard on flutter after clicking outside TextField/anywhere on screen?

Question

Currently, I know the method of hiding the soft keyboard using this code, by onTap methods of any widget.

FocusScope.of(context).requestFocus(new         


        

Answer 1

If you want to do this "the right way", use Listener instead of GestureDetector.

GestureDetector will only work for "single taps", which isn't representative of all possible gestures that can be executed.

Listener(
  onPointerDown: (_) {
    FocusScopeNode currentFocus = FocusScope.of(context);
    if (!currentFocus.hasPrimaryFocus) {
      currentFocus.focusedChild.unfocus();
    }
  },
  child: MaterialApp(...),
);